This product is the dried body of the East Asian scorpion (Buthus martensii Karsch). If the suffix is ​​used alone, the name is scorpion. Mainly produced in Henan, Shandong, Hubei, Anhui and other places. Wild scorpions can be caught from late spring to early autumn. Those caught from Pure Brightness (5th solar term) to before and after Grain Rain are called "spring scorpions". At this time, they are not greedy for soil and have better quality. The yields are larger in summer and are called "spring scorpions". scorpion", inferior quality. Scorpions are generally raised in autumn and harvested every other year. After catching, first immerse it in clean water, wait until it spits out soil, put it in boiling water or boiling salt water, cook until the whole body is stiff, take it out, put it in a ventilated place, and dry it in the shade.

acrid, neutral. toxic. act on liver channel.

[Efficacy]

It calms wind and relieves spasm, attacks toxins and dissipates stagnation, dredging collaterals and relieving pain.

[Indications]

1. For convulsion. This product mainly enters the liver meridian, not only calms liver wind, but also searches for wind and collaterals. It has the effects of extinguishing wind and relieving spasm and searching for wind and relieving spasm. It has a good antispasmodic effect. Therefore, it can be used to treat convulsion caused by various reasons. It is often used together with the earthworm, grind it into fine powder and take it. If used to treat acute infantile convulsion, high fever, unconsciousness, and convulsion in children, it is often used with antelope horn, Uncaria, Gastrodia Tuber, etc. to clear away heat and relieve pain. Combination of medicinals; used to treat chronic infantile convulsion convulsion in children, often tonifying with Tangshen, White Atractylodes Rhizome, Gastrodia Tuber, etc. qi A combination of medicinals that strengthens the spleen, calms wind and relieves spasm; used to treat convulsion caused by phlegm and epilepsy, it can be mixed with Curcuma Root and Alum in equal parts, grind into fine powder and take it; It is used to treat tetanus spasm, convulsion and opisthotonus, and is also combined with centipede, Arisaema, Cicada Slough and other medicinals, such as Five Tigers Wind-Chasing Powder, or combination of medicinals such as centipede, Uncaria, Cinnabar etc. Effective, such as Shefeng Powder; used to treat apoplexy involving meridians, slanted mouth and eyes, can be used with white Stiff Silkworm, giant typhonium rhizome, such as Pull Aright Powder.
2. Used for sore and ulcer swelling, scrofula subcutaneous node. It tastes pungent and poisonous, so it has the effect of dispersing stagnation and attacking poison. For example, "Danliao Prescription" uses 7 scorpion and Gardenia each, fry them in Sesame Oil to blacken and remove the residue, add Huangqi into the ointment and apply it externally to treat various sores and swelling; Yixue Zhongzhong Canxilu Take 10 pieces of this product, roast it, divide it into two times, and add it with rice wine to eliminate swelling and hardness under the jaw. In recent years, it has been reported that scorpion, centipede, Earthworm and ground beeltle can be divided into equal parts, ground into fine powder or soaked in water and taken as pills. It is effective in treating thrombotic vessel inflammation, lymphatic subcutaneous node, bone and joint subcutaneous node and other diseases.
3. For wind-dampness obstinate impediment. Scorpion is good at dredging collaterals and relieving pain. It is very effective in treating wind-cold-dampness impediment that persists for a long time, causing muscle spasm and even joint deformation. Can be used together with Aconite Mother Root, little multibanded krait, myrrh and other products that dispelling wind, activating blood circulation, relaxing sinew and activating collaterals .
4. For intractable partial headache. This product has the effect of expelling wind and dredging collaterals to relieve pain, and is often combined with centipede, white Stiff Silkworm, giant typhonium rhizome, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome can be used as the same, or it can be used alone to grind into powder and swallow.

[Documentation]

1. Kaibao Bencao: "Treatment of rubella rash and apoplexy hemiplegia, oral pain, astringent speech, twitching of hands and feet."
2. Bencao Congxin: "Cure all kinds of wind, dizziness, fright epilepsy, squinting of the mouth and eyes...diseases caused by wind and wood."
3. Yuqiu Yaojie: "Through the muscles and bones, drive away dampness and remove wind."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoction, 2-5g; grind into powder and swallow, 0.6-1g each time. Appropriate amount for external use.

[Precaution]

This product is toxic and the dosage should not be excessive. Pregnant women should use with caution.

This product contains scorpion venom, a protein similar to the neurotoxin of snake venom. It also contains trimethylamine, betaine, Cow-Bezoar acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, cholesterol, lecithin and ammonium salts. Oral administration of scorpion to mice has an antagonizing effect on convulsions caused by pentamethylene tetrazole, strychnine and nicotine. Scorpion infusion and decoction by intragastric administration, intravenous injection or intramuscular injection all have significant and lasting antihypertensive effects; they have obvious sedative effects on conscious animals. The main hazard of scorpion poison (Buthotoxin) is respiratory paralysis.